Limiting chance a random map has five fixed points
Question
Pick a function uniformly at random from all such functions, and let count the points with . The limit can be written as for a constant . What is ?
Short answer
. For a uniformly random function the values are independent, so each is fixed with probability independently and . This converges to , giving .
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- Random Variables and Probability Mass Functions
- Indeterminate Forms and L'Hôpital's Rule
- Calculating Limits: Limit Laws and Algebraic Techniques
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